An
Education Pack has been produced to accompany the Public
Art Trail. It contains ideas for links to the National Curriculum,
practical advice and a bibliography for further research. Each
site on the Trail has background information and suggested activities.
The Education Pack is in pdf file format and if your
computer has Adobe Acrobat Reader software (version
3 or higher), you can view the document. If you right-click
(PC) or hold your mouse-button down (Mac) on the document
link, you should be given the option to save the file to disk.
Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free
download from the internet:
WHOLE EDUCATION PACK (518Kb 29
pages). The entire Education Pack which includes all the sites
on the Trail. (This file should take less than 2 minutes to
download but may take longer depending upon the speed of your
internet connection).
Alternatively
the Education Pack pages for each site on the Trail can be downloaded
individually below:
1. Tactile Map (38Kb 2 pages). Information
and suggested activities for the Tactile Map by Tony Staunton
Unsworth at The Way We Were, Wigan Pier.
2. Automata (50Kb 2 pages). Information
and suggested activities for Automata by Andy Hazell at Trencherfield
Mill, Wigan Pier.
3. Wallgate Bridge (34Kb 1 page).
Information and suggested activities for Wallgate Bridge by
Abigail Downer at Wallgate.
4. Footlights (39Kb 2 pages). Information
and suggested activities for Footlights by CAMM Design at King
Street.
5. The War Memorial (28Kb 2 pages).
Information and suggested activities for the War Memorial by
Sir Giles Gilbert Scott off Market Place.
6. Market Cross (44Kb 2 pages). Information
and suggested activities for the Market Cross by Sebastian Boyesen
at Market Place.
7. Wiend Maze (37Kb 1 page). Information
and suggested activities for the Wiend Maze based on children's
ideas from the Wiend Centre.
8. Wigan Warp and Weft (24Kb 2 pages).
Information and suggested activities for Wigan Warp and Weft
by Adrian Moakes on Standishgate.
9. Douglas Dragonflies (31Kb 1 page).
Information and suggested activities for Douglas Dragonflies
by Joanne Risley at the River Douglas.
10. Rugby Football (35Kb 1 page).
Information and suggested activities for Rugby Football by Joanne
Risley at Tesco Extra, Central Park.
11. Justice (32Kb 1 page). Information
and suggested activities for Justice by Maggie Humphries at
the Magistrates Court, Darlington Street.
12. Scholes Gates (27Kb 1 page).
Information and suggested activities for Scholes Gates by Chrysalis
Arts at Scholes Precinct, Scholes.
13. Sir Frances Sharp Powell (30Kb
1 page). Information and suggested activities for the statue
of Sir Frances Sharp Powell by Ernest Gillick in Mesnes Park.
